Mud guard for vehicles



v. J. OGER MUD GUARD FOR VEHICLES Filed March 13, 1922 '2 SheeLa-Shee! V. J. OGER MUD GUARD FOR VEHICLES Filed March 13, 1922 2 Sheets-Shae.

Patented Nov. 25, 1924-.

VICTOR JOSEPH OGER, 01E CHELLES, SEINE-ETJVIARNE FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO FLORENT TESTE, 0F PARIS, FRANCE.

MUD GUARD FUR VEHICLES.

Application filed. March 13, 1922.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, VICTOR JOSEPH Oenn, a citizen of the Republic of France, and residing at Chelles, Seine-et-Marne Department, No. 2 Avenue Beausjour, in the Republic of France, engineer, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mud Guards for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mud guards comprising a swinging shield jointed to a support which is suspended from the end of the vehicle axle or at the center of the wheel, the said shield being submitted to the action of a spring which returns the same to the normal position should it have been separated therefrom by a shock.

According to this invention, the swinging shield is combined with two return springs in symmetrical disposition which act to restore the said shield to the normal position when separated therefrom in the forward direction or when impelled to the rear. It is also advantageous to allow the support of the shield to swing loosely around the axle or hub and to connect the said support by elastic coupling means with a suitable point on the carriage body or the vehicle frame in order to restore the support to the normal position. Another feature of this invention consists in the arrangement of ball bearings which facilitate the swinging motion of the said support.

The following description, together with the accompanying drawings which are shown by way of example, sets forth two embodiments of this invention, wherein:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a mudguard with two springs for the shield.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line AA Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an elevational view of a modified form of construction, and,

Fig. 4: is a section of the same.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the plate 5 is provided with a guideway 8 which has almost a circular shape and is symmetrical with reference to the vertical of the axis 6. The said guideway has movable therein the two studs 7, 7 a mounted on the support 2 of the shield 1. Two springs 9 and 9 are secured at one one end to the plate 5 and at the other end to a bolt 15 mounted upon the support 2. The plate 5 is suspended from the cap of the Wheel, not shown, by means of a washer Serial No. 543,375.

17 surrounding a circular set of balls adapted to roll upon a ring 18 which is secured to the cap of the wheel, the said balls being held at the side by the end plates 20 secured to the washer 17 By this arrangement, the shield is enabled to swing in either direction, and is always restored to the vertical position by the two springs 9 and 9 which pull in opposite directions.

In Figs. 3 and 4, the device for securing the shield to the plate 5 is the same as the preceding. In a collar 17 secured to the plate 5 is adapted to rotate a washer 18, with interposition of the balls 19, which latter are held on each side by the washers 20 secured to the collar 17. The washer 18 is secured to the cap of the wheel hub, not shown. The collar 17 is provided with an extension 21 having therein an eye 22 00- operating with the hook of a device for connecting the same in an elastic manner with a suitable portion of a vehicle body. This device is constituted by two rods 23 which 7 are U-shaped and have their arms extending in the opposite directions and in crossed relation. These arms have their ends bent to form hooks 23 which engage opposite ends of a spring 24 coiled about the arms. One of the said rods is attached to the extension 21 and the other to a suitable support, not shown which is mounted on the vehicle body or frame.

In these conditions, irrespectively of the oscillation of the vehicle body upon the springs, the collar 17 will be always held against turning with the wheel, but nevertheless it is enabled in certain cases to oscillate to a slight degree by compressing the spring 24. It should be observed that whatever may be the relative displacement of the vehicle body and the hub, whether separation or approach when starting from the normal position, the spring 24 will become compressed.

In order to protect the spring from the weather, it is advisable to cover the same by means of an expanding envelope composed for example of two tubes 25 and 26 secured respectively to the bent parts 23 of the rods 23, and which are slidable upon each other. It is obvious that the connection between the supporting plate 5 and the wheel hub or the end of the axle may be effected by any other suitable means than those herein represented. In like manner, use can be made of any suitable elastic coupling device other than the device as above set forth.

Claims:

1. In amud-guard for vehicles comprising an oscillating flap, a support to be suspended from the centre of a Wheel and pivotally connected with said flap, elastic means adapted to yieldably retain the said flap in an operative position a bolt mounted upon the said flap to one side of its centre of oscillation and slidable in an approximately circular slot formed in the said support, the said elastic means consisting of springs secured to the movable bolt of the said flap and extending in opposite directions and having their other ends secured to said support, the attaching point of the springs to the said bolt being nearer the center than their attaching point upon the support.

2. In a mud-guard for vehicles comprising an oscillating flap, a support to be suspended from the center of the Wheel and pivotally secured to the said flap, elastic means adapted to yieldably retain the said flap in an operative position, and a Washer disposed upon the wheel cap, the said support being adapted to oscillate upon the said Washer.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence 01? two subscribing witnesses.

vioron JOSEPH osnn. Witnesses CAMVILLE BLI ITRY, MAURIoE ROWE. 

